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A Siberian Rubythroat Calliope Calliope from the Andaman Islands 188 Indian Birds VOL. 16 NO. 6 (PUBL. 28 DECEMBER 2020) Indian Birds 3 (2): 69–72. Rahmani, A. R., 2012. Threatened birds of India: their conservation requirements. Mumbai: Indian Bird Conservation Network; Bombay Natural History Society; Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; BirdLife International; Oxford University Press. Pp. i–xvi, 1–864. Rasmussen, P. C., & Anderton, J. C., 2012. Birds of South Asia: the Ripley guide. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C. and Barcelona: Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions. 2 vols. Pp. 1–378; 1–683. Singh, P., 1995. Recent bird records from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Forktail 10: 65–104 (1994). Singh, T. P., Singh, S., Roy, P. S., & Rao, B. S. P., 2002. Vegetation mapping and characterization in West Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh, India–a satellite remote sensing-based approach. Current Science 83 (10): 1221–1230. Srinivasan, U., Dalvi, S., Naniwadekar, R., Anand, M. O., & Datta, A., 2010. The birds of Both: D. Sekhar Namdapha National Park and surrounding areas: recent significant records and a checklist of the species. Forktail 26 (August): 92–116. Woodall, P. F., 2020. Blyth’s Kingfisher (Alcedo hercules), version 1.0. In: Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow. 195, 196. Two views of the Siberian Rubythroat, first winter male, Parnashala, Rangat, Middle blykin1.01. [Accessed on 27 November 2020.] Andaman, 27 April 2020. – Tajum Yomcha, Awadhesh Kumar & Anurag Vishwakarma Tajum Yomcha, Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Miao- 792122, Arunachal Pradesh, India. E-mail: [email protected] [Corresponding author] According to the available literature, the Siberian Rubythroat Awadhesh Kumar & Anurag Vishwakarma: North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli 791109 Itanagar, has not been reported from the Andaman Islands (Davidar et al. Arunachal Pradesh, India. 2008; Pande et al. 2011; Sivaperuman et al. 2018). Over the last decade, twenty-two taxa with a primarily eastern range (Table A Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope from the 1) have been reported by several authors (10 South Andaman Andaman Islands Island, 3 Great Nicobar Island, 3 Narcondam Island, 1 Kamorta The Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope occurs in the Central-, Island, 1 North Andaman Island, 1 Middle Andaman Island, 1 and Eastern Palearctic, western-, northern-, and north-eastern Little Andaman Island, 1 Neil Island, and 1 Katchal Island) . This China, Northern Korea, northern Japan. It migrates to southern record further amplifies the point that most easterly migrants Asia, southern China, Taiwan, and the Philippines (Collar 2005; that reach the north-eastern Indian Subcontinent, and South-east Robson 2008). It has been recorded on passage in eastern Asia, often turn up in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands as vagrants. Tonkin, and is a vagrant to peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore We are grateful to Kailash Chandra, Director, Zoological Survey (Robson 2008). of India, for encouragement and providing necessary facilities. The On 27 April 2020, during the dry, summer season, DS authors thank Satya Prakash Singh, IFS, Divisional Forest Officer, photographed a Siberian Rubythroat in Parnashala, Rangat Middle Andaman, for his support and cooperation. GK is grateful (12.52°N, 92.90°E), Middle Andaman [195, 196]. The bird to Goutham Bharathi, Sudhanshu Dixit, Laxmi Narayana, and an was observed for about an hour at the same location, and anonymous referee for their useful guidance and for suggestions photographed. The bird had a white supercilium, a red throat that towards improvement of this note. was bordered in black and white, and was light brown overhead. It could be clearly distinguished from the Himalayan Rubythroat References C. p. pectoralis by its white sub-moustachial stripe, which is absent Collar, N. J., 2005. Family Turdidae (Thrushes). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Christie, in the latter, and light brown upper parts (vs grey in Himalayan). D., (eds.). Handbook of the birds of the world. Volume 10. Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Vol. 10 of 16 vols. Pp. 514–807. The Chinese Rubythroat is also grey above, and C. p. tschebaiewi Dalvi, S., Kataria, G., Shah, M., Jabestin A., James, C., & Vishnupriya S., 2017. First record has white tail tips and white tail bases – all absent in our bird. of Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus jotaka/hazare from the Nicobar Islands, India. Indian BIRDS 12 (6): 162–164. Das, S., 2014. Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki from Neil Island, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Indian BIRDS 9 (2): 56. Davidar, P., Yoganand, K., Ganesh, T., & Nayak, K. G., 2008. Avifauna of the Andaman Islands: preliminary inventory and distributional patterns. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 104 (3): 298–310 (2007). Gokulakrishnan, G., Sivaperuman, C., Rasmussen, P. C., Dash, M., & Sekhar, D., 2018a. First records of Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis, Zappey’s Flycatcher Cyanoptila cumatilis and Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. BirdingASIA 30: 106–108. Gokulakrishnan, G., C. Sivaperuman, Minakshi Dash and S. Das 2018b. New distributional records of bird species to Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Biological Forum - An International Journal 10(1): 74 80. Gokulakrishnan G., Sivaperuman, C., & Dash, M., 2018c. Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis, and Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola in the Andaman Islands. Indian BIRDS 14 (5): 153–154. Grundsten, M., Sångberg, O., & Thankachan, D., 2018. First documented record of Chinese Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei on the Andaman Islands, India. BirdingASIA 29 (June): 44–45. Correspondence 189 Table 1. New birds in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, recorded during 2010–2020 No Name Date Sighting Location Reference 1. Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides 12 April 2010 Narcondam Island Raman et al. 2013 2. Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana 05 March 2012 Kalipur, South Andaman Rajeshkumar et al. 2014 3. Blue winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis 25 April 2013 Narcondam Island Manchi & Kumar 2014 4. Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki 28 November 2013 Neil Island Das 2014 5. Sykes’s Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis 15 December 2013 Landfall Island Wildlife Sanctuary, North Kumar et al. 2014 Andaman 6. Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus 25 March 2013 & Narcondam Island & Kamorta Island, Nancowry Manchi et al. 2014 24 December 2013 group of Islands Zaibin et al. 2014 7. Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes 17 March 2015 Sippighat, South Andaman Sivaperuman et al. 2016a 8. Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus 23 March 2015 ANET campus, Wandoor, South Andaman Quader 2015 9. Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica 19 May 2015 Buniyabad, South Andaman Rajeshkumar et al. 2015 10. Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus jotaka/hazarae 22 December 2015 Kamorta Island, Nancowry group of Islands Dalvi et al. 2017 11. Jerdon’s Baza Aviceda jerdoni 14 February 2016 Shastri Nagar, Great Nicobar Island Sivaperuman & Gokulakrishnan 2017 12. Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes 10 November 2016 Katchal, Nancowry group of Islands Gokulakrishnan et al. 2018b 13. Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa 01 April 2017 & Garacharma, South Andaman & Shipbur, North Gokulakrishnan et al. 2018a; 17 May 2017 Andaman Shaktivel 2019 14. Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis 07 July 2017 Indira Point, Great Nicobar Island Gokulakrishnan et al. 2018a 15. Zappey’s Flycatcher Cyanoptila cumatilis 27 December 2017 Galathea, Great Nicobar Island Gokulakrishnan et al. 2018a 16. Chinese Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei 15 February 2018 Kalatang, South Andaman Grundsten et al. 2018 17. Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola 09 March 2018 Garacharma, South Andaman Gokulakrishnan et al. 2018c 18. Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis 13 December 2018 Indira Bazar, South Andaman Kothare 2018 19. Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 25 December 2018 Hutbay, Little Andaman Savant 2019 20. White-browed Crake Amaurornis cinerea 02 December 2019 Sippighat, South Andaman Shaktivel et al. 2020 21. Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys 01 December 2019 Ograbraj, South Andaman Paul et al. 2020 22. Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope 27 April 2020 Parnashala, Rangat, Middle Andaman This work Kothare, N., 2018. Website URL: https://ebird.org/checklist/S50834432. [Accessed on: Savant, M., 2019. Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata in Little Andaman, Andaman Islands. 13 December 2018.] Indian BIRDS 15 (2): 58. Kumar, S. R., Raghunathan, C., Maheswaran, G., & Venkataraman, K., 2014. First record Shaktivel, G., 2019. Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa from South Andaman Island: of Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla dukhunensis from the An addition to the birds of South Asia. Indian BIRDS 15 (1): 10. Andaman Islands. BirdingASIA 21: 116–117. Shaktivel, G., Parthasarthy, S., & Gopalan, P., 2020. White-browed Crake Amaurornis Manchi, S. S., & Kumar, J. S., 2014. Sighting of the Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis cinerea from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Indian BIRDS 16 (1): 27–28. on Narcondam Island, India. Indian BIRDS 9 (1): 23–24. Sivaperuman, C., Gokulakrishnan, G., Dinesh, J., & Rasmussen, P. C., 2016a. Chinese Manchi, S., Rahmani, A. R., & Mukherjee, D., 2014. Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur Egret Egretta eulophotes on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: the first record indicus: First record from India. Journal of the
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